Comments on: Never again Asus Computers!

By: Trip to Cancun

Trip to Cancun — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:53:27 +0000

My ASUS lasted for 3 years, but before it actually died on me its battery stopped charging and it took 15 minutes to turn on. I had to turn it on on the bus for it to work by the time I got to class.

By: Pas Argenio

Pas Argenio — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:36:37 +0000

I purchased the ASUS K52JK-A1 15.6″ Notebook and the hard drive burned up one week later, just after I had loaded all my software onto it.

By: Joe @ Amsterdam Bookings

Joe @ Amsterdam Bookings — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:07:07 +0000

My Asus A8JN has been a complete disaster for me also. First laptop to let me down after several Dells and Acers. The screen hinch broke withing the 1 year warrantee period. I received a new one without any questions asked. “Great service” I thought. Then the new one showed the same defect within a year also. Never again an Asus for me also.

By: Boris

Boris — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:30:27 +0000

For travel, I use my Dell 700m. Got it for $300 off craigslist a couple years back. Probably sells for under $200 these days. It’s a bit bigger than a netbook, but still small enough to be convenient with its 12 inch screen. Only glitch was with webcam support, but I have a feeling that was more to do with the cam drivers than with the laptop, but maybe I’m wrong. New netbooks come with built in cam, which although it’s often low quality, is pretty nice. Not sure how well most would handle movies, but for a nomad on the go, perhaps excuses not to have to call in or stay indoors may be even better. On a related note, Avaste anti-virus is a must. In Thailand, I’d have one stopped at least once a week (had to stop by cafes/CELTA center to print stuff)

By: Mihail

Mihail — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:40:37 +0000

Thanks Chris. The few models with 3g that i saw didn’t apeal to me that much. The better models were all with long term marriage to one of the mobile operators.
I found the one that you bought, but eventualy decided to go with the Lenovo version for better or for worse. Although most of the netbooks in that price range are pretty much the same apart from a few specs like 3 or 6 cell battery, 1 or 2GB RAM, glossy or matte screen

I think mine is with UK keyboard layout which swaps 2 other keys and have a half size enter key i need to get used to.

By: Jayla

Jayla — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:24:24 +0000

So I just received my Compaq laptop today and it’s amazing. Fast, no lag, bright screen, works great. I’ve installed Google Chrome and AIM and they work flawless. The keypad is amazingly comfortable. No webcam and the HDMI slot is covered which aren’t a big deal for me. I don’t see why people give this laptop such a bad review, but I’ve only been playing with it for 3 hours so more on this review in the future.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:24:05 +0000

Mihail, I had the same problem before. In the whole Philippines (okay, I tried only in Cebu and Manila) you couldn’t buy or order a single Netbook model with inbuilt 3G module. So when my father was visiting me, he brought one from Germany. The exact model is Acer Aspire One A150-BGw-3G, also known as ZG5. The price was 299 Euro plus 12 Euro shipping within Germany. It came with a preinstalled T-Mobile 3G manager, that didn’t recognize other SIM cards at first; but simply deinstalling the T-Mobile software and installing the generic Acer 3G drivers did the trick.

The only problem I have at the moment, is that I have to get used to that German keyboard layout again. So my typing speed dropped significantly for now. And Windows XP is in German also, hmmm. Other tban that – it is a nice piece of technology.

By: Mihail

Mihail — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:27:40 +0000

I had a fire at my place a while ago and my ibm laptop burned and melted (fire dep says laptop charger started the fire as i was using a cheap outlet converter from uk to europe standart, anyway) I had a toshiba one before that which has been working flawlessly apart from the optical drive breaking after the 5ft year. then i gave it to my mother to play solitare, but unfortunately it was in the fire too.
So i have been looking for a new one for the past few days. I like the small ones but none of the one i looked at had 3g at a reasonable price.
Do you mind sharing the exact model as i looked for one like yours at the shops around but they seem to have them without 3g?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:28:05 +0000

Tom Foster, I never had an HP so far, only a Compaq desktop which was okay. HP’s netbooks looked quite interesting though, just couldn’t find one with 3G module. Maybe next time then….

By: Tom Foster

Tom Foster — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:27:18 +0000

Hp is the best company to buy for a laptop. They have excellent customer service.I must say you will not face any kind of problem for at least 3 to 4 years after you buy it. I just can’t think beyond HP.